纪录片《为何无法预测地震》 第30期:对下次地震做准备

Would you live directly on it, Ken¹?

肯 你会住在断层上吗

No, when we were looking for a house,

不会 我们找房子的时候

we looked at some houses

看过一些建在

that were right on top of the Sierra Madre fault

塞拉马里断层正上方的房子

and we decided² to keep looking.

然后决定继续找别的

Similarly, when we were looking at the house,

同样地 当我们在看房子时

I was probably more interested in the structural³ integrity of it

我比其他人对房子结构的整体性

and the construction of it than most people would be.

和其构造更为关注

Geologist⁴ Ken Hudnut works for the US GS,

地质学家肯·哈德纳特在美国地质局工作

preparing Los Angeles for the next big earthquake.

正在为洛杉矶的下一次强震作准备

You can see here a brand new development

你可以看到那一片新开发区

going right up to the Cucamonga Falls.

正往上向着库卡蒙加瀑布开发

We think that that fault is capable of a magnitude 7.5,

我们认为 即使没有圣安地列斯断层

7.6 earthquake on its own,

那个断层也能

without any involvement of the San Andreas Fault itself.

独自引发7.5级或7.6级地震

That gap is there because

为了与断层保持一定距离

they have to set back away from the fault,

所以那片地空了出来

that's the case for any fault that's considered active,

对于所有活跃断层一律采取这种措施

and by that, the state law says

同时 本州法律规定

if it has had surface faulting within the last 10,000 years

规划地必须与在近一万年内发生过

you need to set back from it.

地表断裂活动的地区保持距离

1 ken   

n.视野，知识领域

参考例句：

• Such things are beyond my ken.我可不懂这些事。
• Abstract words are beyond the ken of children.抽象的言辞超出小孩所理解的范围.

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 structural   

adj.构造的，组织的，建筑（用）的

参考例句：

• The storm caused no structural damage.风暴没有造成建筑结构方面的破坏。
• The North American continent is made up of three great structural entities.北美大陆是由三个构造单元组成的。

4 geologist   

n.地质学家

参考例句：

• The geologist found many uncovered fossils in the valley.在那山谷里，地质学家发现了许多裸露的化石。
• He was a geologist,rated by his cronies as the best in the business.他是一位地质学家，被他的老朋友们看做是这门行当中最好的一位。